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So we all know how Windows sets up a user folder, with a few default directories.

I am very happy to leave some of them (pictures, Videos etc.) but some are just bothersome and/or useless. I realise they serve a purpose, but I simply don't need them in my user directory.

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I thought deleting them is an option, but they keep popping back. "I'll hide them!" I said victoriously, only to be confronted by reality once more (they won't hide). "Move them?" I attempted to relocate them, but the buggers simply re-spawn! That's when I stopped talking to myself.

Are there any tricks you know of, majestic wise men and women of the Stack Exchange, that would fix this annoyance?

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You should be able to do this by disabling the KNOWNFOLDERID for the folders that you don't want created by using Local Group Policy. The first link shows you the GPO setting to do this and the second link is a list of all of theKNOWNFOLDERID GUID's.

http://gunnalag.com/2011/10/14/removing-user-libraries-in-windows-explorer-for-windows-7server-2008/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457(v=vs.85).aspx

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